Kraków scientists find new way to identify the best eggs for IVF
The distribution of lipid droplets inside an egg cell could reveal its chances of developing successfully, according to researchers from Kraków who have developed a non-invasive way to examine living human egg cells in three dimensions.
-
Colour-coded ECG map shows heart rhythm and heartbeat shape
Hours of ECG data can be turned into a single colour-coded map, allowing changes in heart rhythm and the shape of individual heartbeats to emerge as visible patterns. Physicists at the Warsaw University of Technology have developed the method and tested it on recordings from healthy people and patients with various heart rhythm disorders.
-
Polish scientists create first catalogue of proteins whose variants may be linked to rare diseases
The first systematic catalogue of 267 cullin–RING ligase substrate receptors, 93 of which have already been linked to genetic diseases, has been created by scientists from the International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IIMCB).
-
Sleep therapy boosts Alzheimer’s patients’ cognition after just one month
A device that stimulates the vagus nerve during sleep has been shown to improve cognitive performance in Alzheimer’s patients after one month of treatment, according to research by scientists from Łódź published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.
-
University of Wrocław scientists 'program cells’ to boost efficacy of targeted cancer therapies
Scientists from the University of Wrocław have demonstrated that cancer cells can be chemically ‘programmed’ to take up drugs used in targeted therapies, potentially allowing treatment to be directed towards cancer cells rather than healthy ones.
-
Higher level of bread processing increases risk of inflammatory bowel disease
Higher consumption of highly processed grain products is associated with an increased risk of developing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), an analysis involving scientists from Wroclaw Medical University has found.
-
Magnesium may protect retinal cells from harmful calcium overload
Magnesium may help protect retinal cells from the harmful calcium overload that can damage them, according to computer simulations by scientists from Poland, Germany and Iran. However, the simulations show that the protective effect depends on the magnesium concentration and on how early it is introduced.
-
Printable medicine: Warsaw University of Technology sensors help understand the human body
For more than a decade, researchers at the Warsaw University of Technology have been developing inexpensive printed sensors designed to monitor the human body continuously and unobtrusively. What began with a pulse sensor that could be applied to the skin like a temporary tattoo has since expanded into smart insoles, electronic tattoos, wound dressings, brain electrodes and autonomous systems for monitoring water quality.
-
Gut bacteria produce proteins linked to Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, study finds
Bacteria in the human gut can produce proteins that look remarkably similar to those involved in diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, according to analyses by scientists from the Wrocław University of Science and Technology.
-
Aquatic plant extracts may prevent cancer development
Extracts from aquatic plants found in lakes in eastern Poland have shown promising biological activity against cancer cells in laboratory research conducted by scientists from the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin.
Most Popular
-
‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’…but fewer clouds mean more UV exposure across Europe
-
Single photon reveals the secrets of a single molecule
-
From hedgehogs to lynx: Polish roads kill animals from 55% of the country’s wildlife species
-
Kraków scientists find new way to identify the best eggs for IVF
-
Nobel Laureate Professor Victor Ambros awarded Polish citizenship
Recommended
From hedgehogs to lynx: Polish roads kill animals from 55% of the country’s wildlife species
More than half of Poland’s terrestrial vertebrate species have been recorded among animals killed on the country’s roads, including common hedgehogs, blackbirds and grass snakes as well as rare and endangered species such as the European pond turtle, lynx and Aesculapian snake, according to research published in Scientific Reports.
